Bleu Robotics
Bleu Robotics is a Paris-based robotics AI startup founded in 2025 by INRIA robotics researchers Serena Ivaldi and Jean-Baptiste Mouret together with Benoît Berkoukchi.
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Bleu Robotics is a Paris-based robotics AI startup founded in 2025 by INRIA robotics researchers Serena Ivaldi and Jean-Baptiste Mouret together with Benoît Berkoukchi. Its Bleu_0.1 few-shot imitation-learning software lets industrial and humanoid robots learn a new task from about ten demonstrations and deploy in under an hour, targeting high-mix, low-volume manufacturing and warehouse automation.
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- 2026-10-29Pre-Seed$6M
Investors · Contrarian Ventures, OVNI Capital, Kvanted Ventures, WEPA Ventures, Motier VenturesSource · eu-startups.com ↗
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Bleu Robotics is a Paris-based robotics AI startup founded in 2025 by INRIA robotics researchers Serena Ivaldi and Jean-Baptiste Mouret together with Benoît Berkoukchi. Its Bleu_0.1 few-shot imitation-learning software lets industrial and humanoid robots learn a new task from about ten demonstrations and deploy in under an hour, targeting high-mix, low-volume manufacturing and warehouse automation.
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